Star Wars 8: The Last Jedi IN PICTURES

Star Wars returns this December with The Last Jedi.

As if that wasn't enough, a new poster has also dropped - after the first teaser image was revealed at SWCO in the Spring.

The rumours started when Fandango dropped hints on Twitter about a Last Jedi giveaway, as they hinted that there's something to be "revealed" later in the evening.

Johnson then unveiled the image on What's Happening - see it below in all its dramatic glory.

The show aired at 1am UK time (8pm ET), and amassed tens of thousands of live viewers - as the countdown to the new trailer rumbled on.

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Star Wars 8: Here's the NEW Last Jedi poster

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Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker will feature heavily in Episode 8

Johnson said of the above: "This is the final payoff poster and so it has a lot more of the cast on it, a lot more elements to it, but the tricky thing is to try and fit this many folks on it!

"How do you do that in a way thats elegeant.. and I think the folks at Disney found a beautiful shape to it and dramatically it gives you a sense of what you’re in for with 8.

"You can see Kylo's shuttle, I really love Carrie [Fisher] in this, I love how she is dead centre and just nailing you with those eyes.

"She’s wearing my favourite costume of hers in the movie, a really dramatic… wanted her to just look fabulous."

Fisher died at the end of 2016 shortly after completing work on The Last Jedi, meaning this will be her final ever screen performance.

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Rey is played by Daisy Ridley

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Kelly Marie Tran and John Boyega star

Before the main event, yesterday three short adverts were released promising fans big things from the promo.

One showed Rey wielding that iconic lightsaber, while another provided a glimpse of Kylo Ren’s recognisable red weapon in action.

The third recycled Luke Skywalker’s famous line from the teaser: “Breathe… just breathe…”

All three stirred up excitement amongst the franchise's loyal fanbase, who are expected to turn out in droves to see new teasers of the secretive plot.

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Rian Johnson, right, has directed the film

Star Wars: The Last Jedi BEHIND THE SCENES

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In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past